Fort Shelby (Wisconsin)

Fort Shelby (Wisconsin)

Fort Shelby was a United States military installation in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, built in 1814 and renamed Fort McKay later that year. It was named for Isaac Shelby, Revolutionary War soldier and first governor of Kentucky. [ [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=42229 Fort Shelby, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, WHi-42229 ] ]

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